Amtrak's worst accident in its history takes place in Big Bayou Canot, near Mobile, AL., when the Sunset Limited derails from a bridge into the water, killing 44. The accident occurred after a towboat with barges struck the bridge and deformed the rails. The towboat's pilot became lost in the dense fog and left his intended course up the Mobile River.
A coal tip turned into slurry by water slides into a small Welsh village, burying a school, and causing the deaths of many of the village childen. The mining company claims that they were not aware of a spring underneath the tip; the village demands accountability.